Talk of the towns: Recent Episodes
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Charlotte is fast-growing, but growth rates just to its south are eye-popping. We talk with the planning director who's trying to manage rapid suburban development in a once-rural S.C. county.
Owen Furuseth, associate provost at UNC Charlotte, has observed and studied open space preservation, neighborhood changes and immigration's impact in Charlotte and North Carolina for decades. As he prepares to retire, we talk with Furuseth about what he has seen.
PlanCharlotte talks with Robert Boyer, a UNC Charlotte assistant professor of planning, who studies cohousing.
In the first episode of the PlanCharlotte podcast, Mary Newsom interviews Zachary Gordon, planning director for Kannapolis, N.C., a city with a unique history. Mary and Zac discuss the city's textile village past and plans for its historic downtown, which the city now owns.